The Brookhaven leader., 1887-05-12
SOUTHERN eLEANlNGS

Ders OF Tue crew OF Jne sIeaneT DeHuopc'
which was burned at sea, was carried IN
to Savannah, Ga, by tug. All OF the
crew arc now safe.
Dr. Hardemau, OF Cumming, Ga, was
reported dying, as the result of at G..
counter with amad dog few daysago, >.
which he was seriously bitten.
A fire among produce warehouses an"
elevators Of Louisville, Ky, few nights
ago caused loss of nearly quarter OF
million dollars worth of property, includ-
ing an immense amount of hay, corn, bar
ley, rye and oats.
Caterpillars have made their appearance
in unprecedented nu AHers all along the
Pee Dee river in South Carolina, and are
destroying every green thing in their path.
They cover the railway tracks in such
numbers that the engine and car wheels
ook as though they had been run throug Oh
an oil tank.
Five Kansas City capitalists have com
bined with wealthy gentlemen from Mich
igan, Maine. Vermont and California and
purchased 80 900 acres of coal and iron
land in De Kalb County, Ala. Ofthis vast
sraCt. which extends six miles through
the Willis valley, 90, 600 acres contain red
hematite ore, which has been pronounced
by celebrated mining experts superior to
that of Birmingham.
Large beds of iron ore have been dis
covered at Beaver mountain, ten miles
from Macon. Miss. Prof. Lawrence John
son, of the United st ates Geological De-
partment, has inspected the ore, and says
1t is rich in quality,
The discovery of vein of silver ore
near Bandera, in Bandera County, Tex,
!, tnl ipt in
vicinity.
project is on foot to establish car
works at Selma, Ala, and a company
with a capital stock of s35O,OOO is being or
ganizel for the purpose, headed by Mr..
David NJ. Scott.
A new post-of1lce in Virginia is named
Malaria.
Governor Gordon, of Georgia, recently
pardoned two brothers named Kelly for
murder committed eighteen years ago.
They went to Florida and reformed.
There is project on foot among Chica-
go lumber men to buy up large tracts of
Southern yellow pine forests. Prices are
low, and it is regarded a good time to pur-
chase.
There is talk of organizing in New Or
leans to exterminate the English spar.
rows. The little pests have driven out
the mockingbirds and all the rest of the
songsters
The Cotton Council of New Orleans, an
organization embracing laborers of all
kinds engaged in handling cotton, has col.
lapsed, after an existence of six years,
marked by several strikes and riots.
DIR. F. lward Knox, of Fentress County,
Tenn, few days since, tied up, naked,
his fourteen-year- old son, for some boyIsh
indscretion, and whipped him with
hlacksnake whip until he became uncon-
scious, when, at the pleading of his moth
err he was taken down. The lad died the
next morning The father has fed.
The citizens relief committee at Devine,
in Medina County, Tex, send out an APP
peal for relief which states that sixty
families are in a state of extreme want.
They contain three hundred persons,
mostly small farmers. San Antonio has
sent them 800 pounds OF meat, and will
send more.
In the case of the State of Louisiana
against the United States to recover So
900 swamp-land indemnity and five per
cent. funds which had been off set against
a like amount due the Government on the
direct tax levied in 1861, the Court of
CLAIMS found for the plaintiff.
Three cOuvicts employed in getting out
ore about half mile from the Texas peni-
Tertiary made break for liberty few
days ago One of them was shot in the
arm and side by the guard and was
caught within a mile. The other two
were being pursued with dogs.
The Kentucky Democrats met in State
convention few days since and nominal
ed State ticket headed by General Buck
ner The platform indorses President
Cleveland's administration.
While one white man and seventeen
negroes were at work on the COosa tun.
mel on the Georgia Central railroad a few
days ago, blast exploded prematurely,
and twelve Of the eighteen men were
killed.
A convention of grass growers of Mis-
sissippi was held at Aberdeen, IN that
State, a few days ago, at which subjects
of interest to those engaged in this branch
of agriculture were discussed.
The store of Charles Scott, at Rosedale,
Miss, was burned few nights ago with
all it's contents Mr.. Scott's law office
and a fine library were also destroyed.
The fire was the result Of inccndiarism
by burglars who attempted to rob the
store, but who were discovered before
they had got away with any plumber.
Fire in New Orleans II few mornings
since, destroyed Mitchell's cistern facory,
the residence of Chief of the Fire Depart
ment O'Connor, and several other build
ings, involving total loss of 100000.
Chief O'Connor lost a number Of valuable
freman's prizes and trappings, which he
values at $4,000
Edward Drasdale, of Clinton, KY, was
killed a few days since on the Texas q
Pacific railroad, near Fort Smith, Tex.
One arm was cut off, the left leg fractured
in two places and the skull crushed. De
ceased had lately been employed as sec
ton hand on the road
A three hundred pound turtle was re-
Gently captured near st. Augustine, Fla.
Mrs. Louisa Merriwether, who has been
a citizen of Madison County, Tenn, for
more than fifty years, died at her homo
near Jackson recently, aged eighty
five years
F. NJ. White, for fifteen years president
of the Mississippi q Tennessee railroad,
died few nights ago IN Memphis.
Adolph Rassinier, the largest importer
of wines and liquors in Louisville, KY,
has failed. Liabilities about $1,000; as
sets about the same. Most of tho creditors
are foreigners.
A communicable, from which George
Washington received the sacrament OF
Sunday preceding his death, has been pre-
scented to Christ Church at Alexandria,
Va.
Louisville carpenters are on strike.
A druggist in Athens. Ga, who did {
tremendous business, particularly in sod &